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  1. Where are all the jobs???

    lee1 replied to RNnightingale12's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    You might need to do some footwork also. I think there are some jobs that are not always posted on the hospital's websites. I just got a email for jobs at Capital Health, have you looked at their...

  2. Gustav Roll Call

    lee1 replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    Do any of the nurses working in private hospitals get hazard pay as something extra to their paychecks for working in this type of "prone" area or at least some sort of "medical retirement" benefit to...

  3. Gustav

    lee1 replied to CHATSDALE's topic in General Nursing

    Do your cops, firefighters, and yourself as a medical worker all get some sort of medical retirement benefit if you a severely injured during this crisis? We all know that cops, nonvoluntary...

  4. Hurricane coming: evacuate or stay and work?

    lee1 replied to FroggyMama's topic in General Nursing

    I would ONLY HOPE that all of the hospitals in New Orleans evacuate ALL of their patients and close down their operations. Then only a skeletal administrative team need to stay and watch their own...

  5. Gustav

    lee1 replied to CHATSDALE's topic in General Nursing

    I would hope that your hospital would be evacuated and NOONE would be considered so emergant that they have to remain behind. Can't they learn from Katrina !!!!! I certainly would not

  6. Nnoc

    lee1 posted a topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Has anyone joined this National Nursing Organization yet?? They say that they have over 60,000 members. They want to provide a National Nursing Union however at some point in the future to help...

  7. Do you think you are adequately compensated in your job as a nurse?

    lee1 replied to *TK8's topic in General Nursing

    What kind of retirement benefits do you have from your empoyer? Do they include any type of medical retirement

  8. Nurse Patient Ratios in an 8 bed CVICU

    lee1 replied to kat9114's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I would check with state standards for hospitals to begin with. I live in NJ and there ARE state standards------post open heart is always 1:1 and should be adjusted for acuity. Then there are the...

  9. telemetry floors and staffing

    lee1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, Just wondering what your staffing is like. Are your head nurses in staffing? If so how many patients do they take? Does your telemtry unit have another type of continuous hard wired unit...

  10. ??Is there a shortage: Nursing Supply and Demand

    lee1 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    have heard the same complaint from the american computer workers. Why is it that everything has been outsourced to India???? Maybe the Indians also OWN the company??? I don't think there is a...

  11. staffing

    lee1 replied to 1husband's topic in General Nursing

    Did you know that many states have regs for staffing. In my state if it is telemetry than the highest that can given to you is 6 patients, no matter what shift. Being in charge requires...

  12. "Scabs"

    lee1 posted a topic in Travel

    Why do nurses take these assignments???? Especially in this day and age when most strikes are about benefit levels, staffing ratios, working

  13. How do you deal with ICU superiority complex?

    lee1 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    When the ICU nurse has to float out to what at my hospital we call "clusters" she has to take care of 4 patients. Believe me you lose that attitude right away as most ICU nurses are not adept at...

  14. Should nurses be forced to take charge against their will?

    lee1 replied to luv2dive's topic in General Nursing

    in my facility charge nurse must be rotated. you must also take a charge nurse orientation and be at least experienced enough to be able to take charge. at least, in my opinion, 1 year experience...

  15. What are N-to-P ratios on your units?

    lee1 replied to steu's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    If you all are talking Critical care, not step down, then YES, many states do have laws, go to your local library to look them up. NJ-----maximum 3-1, unless acuity precludes it, and there are more...

  16. International nursing students in the US

    lee1 replied to suzanne4's topic in Immigration Advice

    Does this exist and what does it entitle you

  17. Robert Wood Johnson Univ Hospital Nurses to Strike

    lee1 posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Registered nurses start strike August 24, 2006 at 7am at Robert Wood Johnson Univeristy Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ Nurses reject contract proposal Home News Tribune Online 08/17/06 By DAVID STEGON...

  18. going to work in Somerset, need advice

    lee1 replied to vgsrn's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    What is

  19. Robert Wood Johnson Univ Hospital Nurses to Strike

    lee1 replied to lee1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    How strong is your union? Isn't that something to be proud of and this will continue to be so once nurses go back to work if the contract is voted in. How strong was your union before and how much...

  20. Robert Wood Johnson Univ Hospital Nurses to Strike

    lee1 replied to lee1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I wonder just how many new nurses this hospital will be able to recruit in the future looking at how they treated their own nurses and I don't mean just new

  21. Robert Wood Johnson Univ Hospital Nurses to Strike

    lee1 replied to lee1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    So, you are not sure how you would vote if there is not much more to the package offered. You want to continue to be on strike indefinitely? To resolve this it may take many more votes? Or, take...

  22. higher pay for BSN grads?

    lee1 replied to evans_c1's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    HMM, just wonder if they discriminate against those diploma or ADN nurses with tons of certified critical care or specialty care experience who may apply for jobs in their hospitals. What a waste of...

  23. RWJ nurses union gives 10-day strike notice

    lee1 posted a topic in New Jersey Nursing

    http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/middlesex/index.ssf?/base/news-1/115467083581360.xml&coll=1 Contract issue is requirement that health care procedures be done in New Brunswick Friday, August 04,...

  24. Robert Wood Johnson Univ Hospital Nurses to Strike

    lee1 replied to lee1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    What five lines did he want to include. The ANA bill of rights for nurses includes 7

  25. Robert Wood Johnson Univ Hospital Nurses to Strike

    lee1 replied to lee1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Now did I imagine that it was over healthcare issues and nothing more? So, shouldn't there be only 1